Person:Mary Ingram (49)

Mary Ingram was born on 18th January 1797 and baptised the next day at Grantham in Lincolnshire, daughter of Mary Ingram, formerly Tow, and her husband John Ingram, a miller.

By 1814 the family was living at Londonthorpe, just east of Grantham. Mary was married there on 30th June 1814, aged 17, to an agricultural labourer called Thomas Hedworth, who was about eight years her senior.

Mary and Thomas went on to have at least six children together between 1815 and 1833. Their eldest was baptised in 1815 at Heydour, which lies a couple of miles east of Londonthorpe. Mary's mother died back in Londonthorpe later in 1815. Mary's father then appears to have gone to live at Foston, where Mary's older sister Elizabeth lived. He died at Foston in 1817.

Some time between 1815 and 1822, Mary and Thomas moved to Wilsford, about three miles further north from Heydour, where they had five children baptised between 1822 and 1830 and where they appear to have stayed for the rest of their lives.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses each find Mary, Thomas and some of their children living in Wilsford, with Thomas working as an agricultural labourer. By 1861 all their children had left home and it was just Mary and Thomas living together.

Mary died at the age of 72, being buried at Wilsford on 10th November 1869. Thomas survived her by two years.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Grantham (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1562-1990. (Lincoln, England: Lincolnshire Archives Office, 1993).

   Baptisms 1797 / Jan[uary] / 19 Ingram Mary D[aughte]r of John & Mary / Born 18

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 624; Book 10; Folio 8; Page 10, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Hedworth, male, 50 [1786-91], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Mary Hedworth, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   John Hedworth, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Eliza Hedworth, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Henry Hedworth, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   George Hedworth, male, 6 [1834/5], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2101; Folio 118; Page 11, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Headworth, head, married, male, 62 [1788/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Saperton, Lincolnshire
   Mary Headworth, wife, married, female, 54 [1796/7], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire
   Charles Headworth, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Wilsford, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2344; Folio 97; Page 10, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Wilsford, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Headworth, head, married, male, 72 [1788/9], Agr[icultural] Lab[oure]r, b. Sapperton, Lincolnshire
   Mary Headworth, wife, married, female, 64 [1796/7], b. Grantham, Lincolnshire

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Mary HEADWORTH, December Quarter 1869, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 269, aged 72 [1796/7]

6. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Wilsford (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1668-1938. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Wilsford in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1869
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   458	Mary Hedworth	Wilsford	Nov[embe]r 10th	73 y[ea]rs	J.P.B. Younge, Rector